Martin Brundle thinks Ferrari should have ordered Felipe Massa to pull aside for his Ferrari teammate Fernando Alonso during Sunday's Australian GP.

After spinning at the first corner, Spaniard Alonso clawed his way through the field and "found himself on the gearbox" of the sister F10, former grand prix driver Brundle told BBC Sport on Monday.

Brundle, now a commentator for British TV, said he dislikes team orders but believes Alonso, leading the championship by four points from Brazilian Massa, could have launched an attack on Robert Kubica in second place.

"If he failed then move Massa back in front," he added, arguing that Ferrari "will need every point they can" to win this year's world championship.

"If Ferrari had moved them around, I believe Alonso would have finished second in the race and that he was also quick enough to apply pressure to (race winner) Button," said the Briton.

But despite Ferrari's approach to F1 in the past, current team boss Stefano Domenicali insists that team orders are no longer an option.

"Everyone has two cars," he told reporters in Australia.

"Unless some teams want to drive with one car, and if you have good drivers, then that has to be the nature of formula one," the Italian added.

In his media round, Alonso played a typically straight bat, telling Spanish reporters he did not want to do anything "silly" to risk a collision with his own teammate.





Source: GMM

 

Both Ferrari drivers are great. If Alonso can't get by Massa on his own, that's his deal.

 

Brundle is a clown. If they HAD issued team orders, he would have complained about that, too.

 

While Alonso may have appeared to be faster than Massa I think that they were both 'managing' their tyres perfectly.

 

thank you! couldn't have said it better myself

 

he always bitches about something

 

But this is why I would be hesitant to have both Massa and Alonso on my fantasy team at the same time.

 

You mean like the leader has?

 

You will pay!

 

Brundle makes a strong point. Last I checked the team is first and foremost. Alonso had the pace to get higher than 3rd which would bring more points to the team. We're not talking,"rubens move over for your teammate who already has an insurmountable lead in the championship and you've out driven today" team orders. Furthermore, having Massa pushing a car he's not one with sounds/looked dangerous for him and the drivers stuck behind. It's a long season and you have to know when to hold and when to fold, luckily Massa kept the car on the track(for the most part).